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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2025/03/28 05:42
Universal datetime 2025/03/27 19:42
Latitude -6.52 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 149.90 ° ± 6 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  442 283733
Lae  323 76255
Arawa  628 40266
Mt. Hagen  633 33623
Popondetta  308 28198
Madang  478 27419
Mendi  693 26252
Kimbe  111 18847
Goroka  502 18503
Wewak  768 18230
Kavieng  448 14490
Kundiawa  549 9383
Rabaul  357 8074
Lorengau  576 5806
Kerema  475 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.16
Azimuthal gap 97.89 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:43:59.64 1.61 223.11 3.96 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:47:30.72 -1.08 226.88 20.18 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:49:03.97 0.57 114.78 29.66 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:49:08.89 2.02 271.26 30.03 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:49:27.87 -1.64 240.33 32.64 Automatic
II TAU P 19:50:01.97 0.85 183.18 36.46 Automatic
IU AFI P 19:50:19.9 0.01 104.2 38.38 Automatic
G DRV P 19:53:05.70 -1.08 184.49 60.53 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:53:44.42 0.52 330.08 66.14 Automatic
G CCD P 19:54:09.15 -0.88 187.02 70.24 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:54:08.52 -1.15 350.09 70.31 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:54:20.24 0.28 176.32 71.87 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:54:42.7 1.52 6.31 75.5 Automatic
II KURK P 19:55:24.77 0.06 322.87 83.46 Automatic
II AAK P 19:55:25.37 -1.63 314.27 83.85 Automatic